Foster The People – Helena Beat chords

FOSTER THE PEOPLE - HELENA BEAT

CAPO 1

General arrangement looping throughout song:
Em	(4 beats)
D	(4 beats)
C	(2 beats)
D	(2 beats)
G	(2 beats)
D	(2 beats)

Em	(4 beats)
D	(4 beats)
C	(2 beats)
D	(2 beats)
G	(1 beats)
D	(1 beats)
Em	(2 beats)


Structure:
Intro
Verse
Chorus
Bridge
Verse
Chorus
Breakdown
Chorus
Chorus
Woooo woooo section

Lyrics:

Em				DSometimes life it takes you by the hand 
C				DIt puts you down before you know it 
G				DIt's gone and you're dead again
Em				DI've been in places and I won't pretend 
C		DThat I make it I just 
G	D	EmFollow my head
Em				DWhen it's strange to take a walk downstairs 
C				DSweep you all up on a corner
G				DAnd pay for my bread
Em				DYou know that I cannot believe my own truth 
C		DTo show what a truth
G	D	EmGot nothing to lose 


Em			DYeah yeah and it's okay 
C			DI tie my hands up to a chair
G			DSo I don't fall that way
Em			DYeah yeah and I'm alright 
C			DI took a sip of something poison 
G	D	EmBut I'll hold on tight 


You know those days when you wanted to choose 
To not get out of bed and 
Get lost in your head again
You play the game but you gotta cut 
Cuz' you're coming down hard 
Your joints are off stud
I tried to say that's not the only way 
I never knew if I could
Convince myself to change
You were pacing I was insecure
Slip and fall I got the calls of the 
Prison I was living in


Yeah yeah and it's okay
I tie my hands up to a chair
So I don't fall that way
Yeah yeah and I'm alright
I took a sip of something poison 
But I'll hold on tight